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Identification and Characterization of miRNAs in Chondrus crispus by High-Throughput Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Chondrus crispus, an economically and medicinally important red alga, is a medicinally active substance and important for anti-tumor research. In this study, 117 C. crispus miRNAs (108 conserved and 9 novel) were identified from 2,416,181 small-RNA reads using high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics methods. According to the BLAST search against the miRBase database, these miRNAs belonged to 110 miRNA families. Sequence alignment combined with homology searching revealed both the conservation and diversity of predicted potential miRNA families in different plant species. Four and 19 randomly selected miRNAs were validated by northern blotting and stem-loop quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction detection, respectively. The validation rates (75% and 94.7%) demonstrated that most of the identified miRNAs could be credible. A total of 160 potential target genes were predicted and functionally annotated by Gene Ontology analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis. We also analyzed the interrelationship of miRNAs, miRNA-target genes and target genes in C. crispus by constructing a Cytoscape network. The 117 miRNAs identified in our study should supply large quantities of information that will be important for red algae small RNA research.

SUBMITTER: Gao F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4872230 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification and Characterization of miRNAs in Chondrus crispus by High-Throughput Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis.

Gao Fan F Nan FangRu F Song Wei W Feng Jia J Lv JunPing J Xie ShuLian S

Scientific reports 20160519

Chondrus crispus, an economically and medicinally important red alga, is a medicinally active substance and important for anti-tumor research. In this study, 117 C. crispus miRNAs (108 conserved and 9 novel) were identified from 2,416,181 small-RNA reads using high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics methods. According to the BLAST search against the miRBase database, these miRNAs belonged to 110 miRNA families. Sequence alignment combined with homology searching revealed both the conservat ...[more]

PMID: 27193824

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Project description:BackgroundMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a family of approximately 22 nucleotide small RNA molecules which regulate gene expression by fully or partially binding to their complementary sequences in mRNAs or promoters. A large number of miRNAs and their expression patterns have been reported in human, mouse and rat. However, miRNAs and their expression patterns in live stock species such as beef cattle are not well studied.ResultsWe constructed and sequenced small-RNA libraries to yield a total of 13,541 small-RNA sequences from 11 bovine tissues including brain, subcutaneous fat, muscle, liver, kidney, spleen and thymus. In total, 228 miRNAs including 29 novel miRNA candidates were identified. Of the 199 miRNAs, 101 have been previously reported as bovine miRNAs and the other 98 are bovine orthologs of known miRNAs that have been identified in at least one other mammalian species. Of the 29 novel miRNA candidates, 17 appeared at this point in time to be bovine specific, while the remaining 12 had evidence of evolutionary conservation in other mammalian species. Five miRNAs (miR-23a, -23b, -99a, -125b and -126-5p) were very abundant across the 11 tissues, accounting for 44.3% of all small RNA sequences. The expression analysis of selected miRNAs using qRT-PCR also showed that miR-26a and -99a were highly expressed in all tissues, while miR-122 and miR-133a were predominantly expressed in liver and muscle, respectively.ConclusionThe miRNA expression patterns among 11 tissues from beef cattle revealed that most miRNAs were ubiquitously expressed in all tissues, while only a few miRNAs were tissue specific. Only 60% miRNAs in this study were found to display strand bias, suggesting that there are some key factors for mature miRNA selection other than internal stability. Most bovine miRNAs are highly conserved in other three mammalian species, indicating that these miRNAs may have a role in different species that are potential molecular markers for evolution.

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Identification and Characterization of miRNAs in Chondrus crispus by High-Throughput Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis.

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Identification and Characterization of miRNAs in Chondrus crispus by High-Throughput Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis.

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